Johannes Bell

Johannes Bell (23 September 1868 – 21 October 1949) was a German jurist and politician from the Centre Party. During the Weimar Republic era, he briefly served as Minister of Colonial Affairs, Minister of Transport (1919/20), and as Minister of Justice (1926/27). He was one of the two German representatives who signed the Treaty of Versailles in June 1919.

Johannes Bell
Johannes Bell in 1908
Reich Minister of Justice
In office
17 July 1926  29 January 1927
ChancellorWilhelm Marx
Preceded byWilhelm Marx (acting)
Succeeded byOskar Hergt
Reich Minister for the Occupied Territories
Acting
17 July 1926  29 January 1927
ChancellorWilhelm Marx
Preceded byWilhelm Marx (acting)
Succeeded byWilhelm Marx (acting)
Reich Minister of Transport
In office
5 November 1919  1 May 1920
ChancellorGustav Bauer
Hermann Müller
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byGustav Bauer
Reich Minister for the Colonies
In office
21 June 1919  7 November 1919
ChancellorPhilipp Scheidemann
Gustav Bauer
Preceded byPhilipp Scheidemann
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born(1868-09-23)23 September 1868
Essen, Rhine Province, Kingdom of Prussia
Died21 October 1949(1949-10-21) (aged 81)
Beverungen, West Germany
Political partyCentre Party
ProfessionJurist
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